LEGISLATIVE FISCAL OFFICE
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note On: SB 388 SLS 22RS 416
Bill Text Version: ENROLLED
Opp. Chamb. Action:
Proposed Amd.:
Sub. Bill For.:
Date: June 5, 2022 12:08 PM Author: HEWITT
Dept./Agy.: Statewide
Subject: Abortion Analyst: Tanesha Morgan
ABORTION EN INCREASE GF EX See Note Page 1 of 1
Prohibits the sale of certain abortion-inducing drugs without a prescription and provides for criminal penalties. (8/1/22)
Proposed law expands the definition of criminal abortion to include the delivering, dispensing, distributing, or providing a
pregnant woman with an abortion-inducing drug and provides for penalties.
EXPENDITURES 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 5 -YEAR TOTAL
State Gen. Fd. INCREASE INCREASE INCREASE INCREASE INCREASE
Agy. Self-Gen. $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Ded./Other $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Federal Funds $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Local Funds INCREASE INCREASE INCREASE INCREASE INCREASE
Annual Total
REVENUES 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 5 -YEAR TOTAL
State Gen. Fd. $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Agy. Self-Gen. $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Ded./Other $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Federal Funds $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Local Funds INCREASE INCREASE INCREASE INCREASE INCREASE
Annual Total
EXPENDITURE EXPLANATION
Proposed law expands the definition of criminal abortion and criminalizes delivering, dispensing, distributing, or providing a
pregnant woman with an abortion-inducing drug in certain circumstances. The exact fiscal impact of the passage of this
legislation is indeterminable, since the legislation creates new crimes and it is not known how many individuals will be
convicted of these crimes. However, any offender sentenced to the custody of DPS&C increases SGF expenditures by $26.39
per day per offender in adult local housing and $83.23 per day per offender in a state facility. Any offender convicted of
these crimes would cost DPS&C $9,632 annually ($26.39 per day per offender x 365 days) per offender in adult local
housing and $30,379 annually ($83.23 per day per offender x 365 days) per offender in a state facility.
There will be an increase in local expenditures to the extent a person is convicted of delivering of an abortion-inducing drug
to a person in Louisiana by mail-order, courier, or as a result of a sale made via the internet and is sentenced to
imprisonment without hard labor (a misdemeanor). The expenditure increase will depend on the number of persons
convicted, the minimum sentence an offender serves, and the cost per day for a local law enforcement agency to incarcerate
an offender.
REVENUE EXPLANATION
There may be an indeterminable increase in local funds revenue as a result of potential fines if a person is convicted of these
new crimes. The maximum fine is $100,000 and the potential revenue will accrue to the local government entities.
Senate Dual Referral Rules House
13.5.1 >= $100,000 Annual Fiscal Cost {S & H} 6.8(F)(1) >= $100,000 SGF Fiscal Cost {H & S}
Evan Brasseaux
13.5.2 >= $500,000 Annual Tax or Fee 6.8(G) >= $500,000 Tax or Fee Increase
Change {S & H} or a Net Fee Decrease {S} Interim Deputy Fiscal Officer


Statutes affected:
SB388 Original: 51:1402(10)
SB388 Engrossed: 51:1402(10)
SB388 Reengrossed: 51:1402(10)
SB388 Enrolled: 40:1061(A), 51:1402(10), 14:9(B), 40:2(B)
SB388 Act : 40:1061(A), 51:1402(10), 14:9(B), 40:2(B)